WHAT EATS AN ALLIGATOR OR CROCODILE?

All of the crocodilians—crocodiles, alligators and caimans—are known for being ferocious predators. But these ancient reptiles also have a few predators, or natural enemies, of their own.

Big cats, such as jaguars and leopards, sometimes attack, kill and eat adult caimans, crocodiles and alligators. Huge serpents such as anacondas and pythons sometimes attack grown crocodilians as well.

And baby alligators, crocodiles and caimans have many predators to worry about. Winged predators such as herons, egrets and eagles like to eat small crocodilians, and so do a lot of carnivorous mammals, such as wild pigs.

As for what alligators, caimans and crocodiles eat: The will eat just about any animal, fish or avian that they are large and strong enough to kill. The largest crocodilians will attack and eat animals that are as large as a bull!

An OMNIVORE is an animal that mixes vegetation and other animals into its diet.

FOOD WEBS!

Food Webs Are Maps Of What Eats What, And Who Eats Whom! Below, You'll Find Links To Several Food Webs.

ALL FOOD ENERGY STARTS WITH THE SUN

A food web—every food web—begins with sunlight. Plants turn that sunlight into usable food energy, and that energy is transfered to the herbivorous animals that eat those plants. When those plant eating animals are themselves eaten by predators, the energy is transfered higher up the food chain and becomes concentrated in the bodies of the top, or apex, predators.
The apex predators return energy to the food web after they die and their bodies are consumed by scavengers, fungi and microbes.